As some of you may know my journey with Rega started a few years ago after I bought a 70's Planar 3, since then the deck has undergone many upgrades and improvements to a point where the only thing left of the original deck is the baring.
My latest upgrade and it is a definite upgrade and not simply a change is the new 24v motor and TT PSU the latter allowing me to change speed without the need to take the platter off and swap the belt over. i have known for some time that the original 240v motor was on it's last legs as the speed stability was a bit wayward and it made a hell of a noise but the change is startling and the TT PSU further improves not only the motor noise to a point now where it literally doesn't exist, but also speed stability which is a rock steady 33.34 rpm.
My only criticism was the quality of the soldering to the motor control board, on unpacking the motor 2 wires broke loose and on further inspection the soldering was less than perfect so everything got re done just in case. The motor cost me £130 which in any other hobby but this would be expensive but even so i would have expected a better quality of finish.